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It is now 58 years since the line closed and the enormous achievements by the railway's staff and volunteers, from those first small steps right up to the present day, can be clearly seen by anyone who enjoys a ride along this wonderfully scenic 24-mile route from Whitby to Pickering. Could those early preservationists back in 1967 have possibly imagined that their project would evolve into a £6 million business carrying a third of a million passengers a year?Taking a pictorial journey along the entire original route from Whitby through to Pickering, this book allows the reader to compare the railway of old and the desolation of the early closure period with today's vibrant heritage line. With the railway having celebrated its golden jubilee on 1 May 2023, this book chronicles the remarkable developments and achievements, year by year, over that 50 year period, and concludes with a glimpse of how and by whom this has been made possible. In so doing, it serves as a tribute to half a century of progress and to the many hundreds of people who made it all possible.

A sequel to "Thanks for the Memory", which contains some 200 black and white images together with a dozen colour images. This book aims to present the reader with glimpses of the steam age on BR.

From the mid-1950s steam was in decline, to disappear entirely from BR in 1968. Yet from the scrapyards and disused branch lines a remarkable preservation movement emerged, and steam, once thought gone for ever, has made a remarkable return. This book celebrates steam's 'second coming'.

Roy Avis has photographed steam locomotives traveling on the main line. Over 130 photographs are included, in black & white and colour of them at work in many different landscapes, allowing us all to share his relentless pursuit of steam.

In 1959 schoolboys Richard Inwood & Mike Smith met on a train. Subsequently, with their school's Locospotters' Club, & then in their teens and twenties attempted to see, record and ride behind as much steam traction as possible. Richard & Mike have once again dug into their archives to track back over the years 1967 - 1960.

22E was the code for the small locomotive shed at Highbridge, a small market town in Somerset. It was the smallest shed in the Bristol division of the LMS motive power department & the 22E Society started there in the summer of 1946. This is a wonderful collection of photographs and memories of the days of steam.

Based on the 'Disused Stations' website, this book looks at more than 35 closed termini of North West England from Bacup to Wigan, via Chester, Liverpool, Manchester, St Helens and Southport.

Examines the railway 'control interface' between the driver on his footplate and the signalling systems designed to ensure the safety of him and his passengers.

The post of Station Master, like others on the modern railway, has disappeared, and details of the many and varied responsibilities and everyday jobs that went with it will disappear too if they are not recorded. This work describes the development and duties of this once very prestigious grade.

Features the last four dramatic years of steam, recording both working locomotives, shed scenes and a selected number of routes, many of which closed during the period of examination. This book illustrates the disappearing steam age railway.